4. Nicholas N. Hiebert #17171, b. 29 Jul 1874 in Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia,, d. 11 Sep 1957 in Hillsboro, Kansas. His old style birth date was 17 July. He and his wife were missionaries to India, the first missionaries of the U.S. Mennonite Brethren conference. Later, he was President of Tabor College. His first name is given as Peter on the ship passenger list in 1875, which is incorrect. He married Susanna Wiebe #17172, married 28 May 1899 in Bingham Lake, Minnesota.

10. Johann A. Wiebe, #86568, b. 1 Jan 1844 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 27 Jul 1929 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota., His old style birthdate was 20 Dec 1843. One record says he was born 17 Jan. His Zionsbote obituary says he had 3 daughters and a son in the first marriage and 4 daughters and 3 sons in the second marriage. 2 sons and 2 daughters predeceased him. He married (1) Justina Rempel #266905, married 8 Feb 1868 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, b. 17 May 1847, d. 17 May 1875 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia. He married (2) Maria Balzer #337673, married 21 Apr 1877 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, b. 12 Oct 1846 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 4 Feb 1922 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.

11. Maria Balzer #337673, b. 12 Oct 1846 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 4 Feb 1922 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Maria was previously married to an Enns and an Heidebrecht - both died very early in their respective marriages. One family record says she was born 11 Oct in Muntau, Molotschna. Her Zionsbote obituary says she was born 11 Oct in Muntau, Molotschna. She had a total of 7 children with Wiebe, 3 sons and 4 daughters, 1 son and 2 daughters predeceased her. She married (1) Kornelius Enns, #24445, married 1867, b. 12 Apr 1845, d. 28 Jan 1875. She married (2) Cornelius Heidebrecht #12025, married Oct 1875 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia, b. 30 Nov 1835 in Tiegerweide, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 23 Jul 1876 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia., She married (3) Johann A. Wiebe, #86568, married 21 Apr 1877 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, b. 1 Jan 1844 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 27 Jul 1929 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.,

12. Karl Martin Jungas #666341. He married Anna Janzen #666340.

13. Anna Janzen #666340.

14. Peter Pankratz #106038, b. 16 May 1830 in Paulsheim, Molotschna, South Russia,,,, d. 24 Jul 1910 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota., He was living in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna Colony, at the time of his baptism. This couple is probably the same as No. 142 in Stanley R. Pankratz, "The Descendants of Jacob Pankratz" (Bethel College, student paper, 1957). (AA-273). fathered 8 children. He married Anna Koehn #106039, married 3 Jun 1856.

16. Cornelius Hiebert, #18352, b. 11 Oct 1827 in Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 30 Mar 1884 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He was residing in Lichtfelde in 1862 per the Molotschna school registers. He married Helena Eitzen, #18353, married 20 Dec 1850 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia.

17. Helena Eitzen, #18353, b. 30 Jun 1828 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia, d. 2 May 1904 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. One record says she was born 30 July. Another family record says she died on 3 May.
She and her husband were originally buried at Eagle Lake on their farm, but were later moved to the Mountain Lake cemetary. (Helen C.N. Hiebert).

18. Jacob Wiens #41287, b. 13 Aug 1817 in Altonau, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 10 Jan 1897 in Minnesota. He lived in Altonau, Molotschna. He was residing at Lichtfelde #6 in 1862 per the Molotschna school registers. He married Justina Dueck, #41288, married 13 Mar 1845.

22. Heinrich Balzer #5964, b. 17 Aug 1820 in Kommerau, Prussia, d. 25 Jun 1896 in Delft, Minnesota. This family immigrated to Mountain Lake, Minnesota. He was residing in Alexanderkrone in 1862 and 1874 per the Molotschna school registers. One family record says he was born 17 July. Mountain Lake 1877 p. 25: Attest from Margenau. He married Katharina Reimer #5919, married 24 Jan 1846.,

28. Jacob Johann Pankratz #106040, b. 28 Jun 1804 in Prussia,,,,, d. 16 Feb 1884 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia. Denis Xenos gives death at Paulsheim. Birth near Warsaw. Robert Rupp and the James H. Waltner submission say he was born 28 July in Poland. Many of the Paulsheim references in this family are incorrect, as Paulsheim was not established until 1852. This family cannot be located in the 1835 Molotschna census, and so it is likely that they migrated to Russia after the census. The village Gnadenfeld was founded in 1835 after the census, so they might have migrated to Russia with the Gnadenfeld group, but there is no record of any Jacob Pankratz migrating anytime after 1820! He married Maria David #255880, married Abt 1825 in Paulsheim, Molotschna, South Russia.

29. Maria David #255880, b. 15 May 1804 in Posnan, Poland,,, d. 1893 in Paulsheim, Molotschna, South Russia.,, Her surname was probably NOT David! This is likely a patronymic according to the Russian style, which would mean that her father's first name was likely David.

3rd Great Grand Parents

32. Klaas Zacharias Hiebert, #60369, b. Abt 1803 in Prussia, d. 18 Jul 1876 in At Sea. At the 1835 Molotschna Census entry for Alexanderwohl #14, it is noted that he moved from there to Lichtfelde in 1833. This is confirmed in the entry for Lichtfelde #19 which states that he arrived in Russia after the 1816 census, and moved to Lichtfelde from Alexanderwohl in 1832. He died at sea prior to the ship's 28 July 1876 arrival in Philadelphia. C.N. Hiebert refers to him as Claas, Klaas, and Cornelius in different parts of his writing. He married Katharina Wall, #62922.

34. Daniel Eitzen #18360, b. 3 Sep 1784 in Wengeln, Klein Werder, Prussia,,, d. 26 Dec 1845 in South Russia. Thiensdorf Church Book One record says he was born 8 Sept 1784. The 1795 Chortitza Colony Census and the 1814 Chortitza Colony landowners list call him "Nathaniel". Could he be the father of #56337? C. N. Hiebert spells the last name Eytzen. He married (1) Maria _____ #132755, married 27 May 1806 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia,, b. Abt 1766. He married (2) Margaretha _____ #100654, b. Abt 1796., He married (3) Helena Goertzen #18361, b. Apr 1801 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia,, d. 26 Jan 1858.

35. Helena Goertzen #18361, b. Apr 1801 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia,, d. 26 Jan 1858. In the 1801 Chortitza Colony Census her first name is given as Lenora.

36. Isaac Daniel Wiens #46979, b. Abt 1795 in Marienburg, Prussia,,, In the 1835 census, he is listed at Altonau #14. He married Anna _____ #60591.

37. Anna _____ #60591, b. Abt 1798.

38. Gerhard Franz Dueck, #62979, b. 23 May 1793 in Heubuden, Gross Werder, Prussia, d. 27 Nov 1883 in Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia. Came 11 Jul 1818 to Rosenort, Molotschna South Russia, Moved in 1830 to Orhloff, and a third move to Lichtfelde. The 1835 Molotschna Census lists him at Lichtfelde #29. He was a school teacher. He was married four times. He married (1) Anna Dueck, #62980, married 11 Nov 1815 in Heubuden, Gross Werder, Prussia, b. 2 Jan 1794 in Heubuden, Gross Werder, Prussia, d. 5 Oct 1845 in Lichtfelde, Molotschna, South Russia. He married (2) _____ _____ #207878, married 4 Jul 1846, b. in Halbstadt, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 1851. He married (3) Katharina Penner #207879, married 21 Feb 1852, d. 3 Aug 1864. He married (4) _____ _____ #207880, married 29 Aug 1865.

46. Heinrich Aron Reimer,, #5913, b. 9 May 1791 in Prussia,, d. 12 Jul 1884 in Kleefeld, West Reserve, Manitoba. One record says he was born 9 May 1792. In the 1835 census, he is listed at Muntau #15. His age appears to have been incorrectly given as 17 in the 1803 immigration list found on p. 69 of Peter Rempel's book Mennonite Migration to Russia, 1788-1828. He married (1) Maria Fast, #5914, married 25 Dec 1813 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia, b. 29 Sep 1795 in Prussia,, d. 1859 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia. He married (2) Helena Loewen,, #46041, married 1866, b. 12 Feb 1806 in Muntau, Molotschna, South Russia, d. 13 Nov 1879 in Gruenfeld, Manitoba.

47. Maria Fast, #5914, b. 29 Sep 1795 in Prussia,, d. 1859 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia. The Heinriech Fast Reimer book says that she died in 1866.

56. Johan Pankratz #255881, b. Abt 1770, d. 1866 in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna, South Russia. Robert Rupp says he was born in Holland. He married _____ Schmidt #255882, married 1793 in Franzenthal, Bohmen, Austria.

57. _____ Schmidt #255882, b. Abt 1771. Her father was a Hans Schmidt. Robert Rupp says she was born in Holland.

4th Great Grand Parents

64. Zacharias Hiebert, #62928. He married _____ _____ #62929.

65. _____ _____ #62929.

66. Cornelius Gerhard Wall, #62605, b. Abt 1764. He was residing in Ellerwald 4th Trift at the time of his baptism in 1784. The 1835 census lists him at Lichtfelde #2, and says he came to Russia in 1819. He married Margaretha Wall, #62606, married 4 Oct 1789 in Elbing, Elbing, Prussia.

67. Margaretha Wall, #62606, b. Abt 1765.

68. Daniel Eitzen #18358, b. Abt 1759 in Prussia,,, He was a deacon in the Kronsweide Church in the Chortitza Colony. In the 1795 Chortitza Census he listed at Schoenwiese #12 (B. H. Unruh, p. 244). Also living in the household in 1795 was Franz Pauls #110652. In the 1801 Census he is listed at Schoenwiese #11. Either he or his son Daniel was listed at Schoenwiese #9 in the 1808 Census (B. H. Unruh, p. 274). He married Margaretha _____ #18359.

69. Margaretha _____ #18359, b. Abt 1754,,, In the 1816 Schoenwiese Census and in the Oct 1816 Chortitza Colony Census she is listed in the home of her son Johann Eitzen at Schoenwiese #10. Her ages as given in the 1801 Census, the 1816 Schoenwiese Census, and the Oct 1816 Chortitza Colony Census suggesting she was born ca 1754. In the 1795 Census her age is given as 36, suggesting that she was born ca 1759.

70. Nathaniel Goertzen #198703, b. Abt 1768,,, He migrated from Prussia to Rosenthal, Chortitza Colony, S. Russia in 1789 (P. Rempel, p. 39). He gave his home at Rosenthal #4 to Johann Schroeder (b. 25 Sep 1763) #196630 some time between 1789 and 1795 (B. H. Unruh, p. 252). In the 1793 Chortitza Colony Heads of Householders List he is listed in Kronsweide (B. H. Unruh, p. 211). In the 1795 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Schoenwiese #7 (B. H. Unruh, p. 243). In the 1801 Census he is listed at Schoenwiese #8. Henry Schapansky believes that he may be a son of Abram Goertzen who was a member of the Lithuanian Gemeinde and who was listed in the 1776 W. Prussia Census in Plasken (The Old Colony, p. 245, 401). He may be the same as Daniel Goertzen (b. ca 1759) #118555. He married Katharina _____ #198704.

71. Katharina _____ #198704, b. Abt 1766,,,

72. Daniel Thomas Wiens, #207841, b. 24 Nov 1762 in Marienburg, Prussia,,,,,, d. 27 Aug 1842 in South Russia., He migrated from Koenigsdorf, Prussia to Russia in 1803 (B. H. Unruh, p. 318; P. Rempel, p. 58). In the 1808 Molotschna Colony Census he is listed at Altonau #15 (B. H. Unruh, p. 318). In the 1835 Census he is listed at Altonau #13, and is said to have come to Russia in 1803. The Gert Martens submission say he and his family arrived at the Chortitza Colony of 6 Oct 1803 after leaving Prussia on 29 July 1803. He married Agatha Wiens, #207842, married 10 Mar 1789 in Prussia.,

73. Agatha Wiens, #207842, b. 17 Sep 1764 in Prussia,,, d. 27 Feb 1839., Her age is given as 41 in the 1808 Census and as 67 in the 1835 Census, suggesting that she may have been born ca 1767 rather than in 1764 (B. H. Unruh, p. 318). One source says that she was baptized in Czattkau, Prussia in 1783, but no baptism record is found for her in the W. Prussian Mennonite baptism records.

76. Franz Dueck #265270. He married _____ _____ #43819.

77. _____ _____ #43819.

78. Johann "Hans" Dueck, #660109, b. 16 Jun 1752 in Heubuden, Gross Werder, Prussia, d. 11 Sep 1807 in Heubuden, Gross Werder, Prussia,,, The Heubuden record says he was 55 at death and the Neuteich record says he was 56. He married Cornelia "Nelcke" Warkentin, #705320, married 4 Mar 1774 in Gurcken, Prussia.

92. Aron Reimer, #59496, b. Abt 1750, d. 1803-1808. He migrated from Prussia to South Russia with his family in 1803 (P. Rempel, p. 69). His surname is incorrectly given as "Dreimer" in that source. He had died by 1808 as his widow had remarried by that time. His first name is confirmed by the 1835 Molotschna Census entry for his son Aron, who lived at Muntau #2. (The "Heinrich Fast Reimer and Margaret Warkentin Family Book" has him listed as Duerck Reimer, born 1767 in Plattenhof, Amt Tiegenhof, West Prussia.) He married (1) _____ _____ #111308, b. 1750 in Prussia, d. 24 Jan 1786 in Tiegenhagen, Gross Werder, Prussia. He married (2) Margaretha Braun #111309, b. 1758 in Prussia, d. 20 Apr 1788 in Prussia. He married (3) Susanna Dyck, #46364, b. 1763 in Prussia, d. 13 Feb 1846 in Muntau, Molotschna, South Russia.

93. Susanna Dyck, #46364, b. 1763 in Prussia, d. 13 Feb 1846 in Muntau, Molotschna, South Russia. One record states she was married in 1789! However, she has a child born soon after that! Furthermore, her first husband is said to have died in 1788! There is clearly some confusion here. Either she is born far earlier than 1789, or there are more "Susanna's" than one. Clarification is definitely needed! Furthermore, I cannot locate her in Muntau in 1835. Her age appears to have been incorrectly given as 45 and her first name is given as Eva in the 1803 immigration list found on p. 69 of Peter Rempel's book Mennonite Migration to Russia, 1788-1828. It is also possible that Eva was not the same as Susanna Dyck and was instead the same as #44886. She married (1) Peter Siemens #111343, b. 1741 in Prussia, d. 1788 in Prussia. She married (2) Aron Reimer, #59496, b. Abt 1750, d. 1803-1808. She married (3) Duerk Jacob Reimer #46363, b. Abt 1782,, d. 1819 in Tiegerweide, Molotschna, South Russia.
94. Abraham Peter Fast, #44978, b. Abt 1760 in Prussia,, d. in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, South Russia. He migrated from Lakendorf, Prussia to Tiege, Molotschna, S. Russia in 1804 (P. Rempel, p. 89; B. H. Unruh, p. 326, 349). In the 1808 Molotschna Colony Census he is listed at Tiege #12 (B. H. Unruh, p. 326). The 1835 Molotschna Census entry for Muntau #9 says that he died in 1828 (perhaps in Muntau). The Petershagen record says that they were married on 10 Nov. He married Elisabeth Barkmann, #44979, married 11 Nov 1789 in Petershagen, Prussia.

95. Elisabeth Barkmann, #44979, b. Abt 1769 in Prussia,, d. Bef 1825 in Molotschna Colony, South Russia. One record spells her surname "Bergmann". The wedding record in the Petershagen record says she was the daughter of Bartel Bargman of Tiegenhagen, Prussia.

114. Hans Schmidt, #724413, b. in Poland.

5th Great Grand Parents

132. Gerhard Wall #196791, d. Bef 1782. He had died by the time his daughter Katharina married Jacob Wall in 1782. He is not listed in the 1772 or 1776 West Prussia Censuses. He may have died between ca 1764 and 1772. He married _____ _____ #196790.

133. _____ _____ #196790.

134. Ehrenfried Wall, #940271. He was a member of the Heubuden Gemeinde.

1410. Cornels Gertzen #749265, d. 1671. The early Montau Church marriage records list the marriage of a Cornels Gertzen on 12 Feb 1668 to an Anke Unrauw. (See # 766996) This could either be this same CG or another--perhaps even this one's son! If it is a second person, some of the children listed here could conceivable by by the "other" CG (# 766996). Cornels Gertzen died sometime between daughter Marigky's marriage and that of daughter Lieske. Both occurred in 1671. He married _____ _____ #647015.

4992. Philip van Dijck,,, #12831, b. Abt 1564 in Danzig, Poland., In his book Die ost-und west preussischen Mennoniten, Horst Penner states that Philipp van den Dyck is listed as a member of the Grosswerder congregation in 1592.
Was the first known Dyck in Danzig. He married Maria Grauwerts,,,, #12832, married Abt 1589 in Danzig, Poland.

9988. Gysbert Jansz De Veer,,, #12796, b. 14 May 1556 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands,,,,, d. 17 May 1615 in Danzig, Poland,,, He was the son of Jan deVeer. According to the Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia, Gysbert Janszoon de Veer was a grain merchant, who ca. 1580 may have settled at Danzig, Prussia and then moved back to Amsterdam, where he obtained his citizenship in 1601. He returned to Danzig where he died.

Bērger in Amsterdam 5.10.1661. Kaufmann in Amsterdam und Danzig.

The following information is from Fred Tiedemann Croese's genealogy site at: http://users.bart.nl/~ftc/index.html

He was the son of Jan deVeer. According to the Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia, Gysbert Janszoon de Veer was a grain merchant, who ca. 1580 may have settled at Danzig, Prussia and then moved back to Amsterdam, where he obtained his citizenship in 1601. He returned to Danzig where he died. He married Debora Claesdochter Harnasveger,,, #12797, married 1580 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.,

An archivist in the archives office in Veere, Holland suggested that our DeVeer family could have originated in Schiedam where many Veere residents fled to after Veere came under the control of the Duke of Burgundy in the early 16th century (as a result of the Dowery of his new wife). He said these refugees usually adopted the name DeVeer.

In the tower of the local 500 year old City Hall there is a citizen registry book started in the 15th century. There is an entry for Janss Gysbrecht (Janss. Gijsbrecht) , born Aug.11, 1521. The archivist speculated that this could be the father of our earliest known ancestor Gysbert Jansz DeVeer (1556-1615) if he had moved from Veere to Schiedam, as the name of the son then was usually the father's but reversed. Schiedam was a trading port under the control of one of the Mercantile Trading Companies established by the state and all the records about its citizens prior to approximately 1700 were taken to the state archives in Amsterdam where they remain. He married _____ _____ #196492.

19977. _____ _____ #196492.

19978. Claes Jakobszoon Harnasveger,,,, #476570, b. Bef 1541 in the Netherlands. The following is from Fred Tiedemann Croese's genealogy site at: http://users.bart.nl/~ftc/index.html